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. >> do you think he's qualified to be in the united states senate with that kind of temperament? >> everybody else is? >> you can't ask that question the same way any more. >> will he improve the quality of service, leadership and ability to get things done? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> right now? >> i have not interviewed him for united states senate. i just say i know david barton, i like him. on my book shelf for 20 years has been his books. >> so, you're right that he will have a big national fundraising base but here are the problems. one, it's very late to be going up against a sitting senator, especially in jon cornyn, tons of money, and david barton will have a lot of trouble attracting support from people who otherwise might step out for him, some of the things he said including, comparing homosexuality to a health disorder. >> who said that? >> david barton. one of those books on your shelf. >> didn't read that in any of my books. >> let's review that question again. >> so, in the view of those recruiting david barton is jon cornyn in the ryan judge category? is he
. >> do you think he's qualified to be in the united states senate with that kind of temperament? >> everybody else is? >> you can't ask that question the same way any more. >> will he improve the quality of service, leadership and ability to get things done? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> right now? >> i have not interviewed him for united states senate. i just say i know david barton, i like him. on my book shelf for 20 years has been his books....
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why are americans paying democrats of the united states senate? >> why are we paying any of them? >> at least in the house, like paul ryan, the $11 trillion man, at least paul ryan passes a budget. >> thank you, paul. >> thank you for the $11 trillion in additional debt. what does reid do? >> in this case he represented the interests of his caucus and signed off on a deal that got the democrats a ton of stuff. >> okay. again, i don't fault mitch mcconnell -- >> nobody got to hurricane sandy relief. >> dealing with a democratic senate. >> he could have full builibust the whole thing. >> and tax rates would have gone up on everybody. >> mitch mcconnell chose to be a quiet statesman. you didn't see him on camera. quietly, mitch mcconnell is the reason we have this agreement. he's a great strategy. i'd like to know his view of entitlement reform. maybe he's got some idea about how this gives them more leverage in the next round. >> come on, be positive. it's a new year. >> i don't expect much from republican senators. i love them. i love them. i don't expect them to be fiscal hawks. >
why are americans paying democrats of the united states senate? >> why are we paying any of them? >> at least in the house, like paul ryan, the $11 trillion man, at least paul ryan passes a budget. >> thank you, paul. >> thank you for the $11 trillion in additional debt. what does reid do? >> in this case he represented the interests of his caucus and signed off on a deal that got the democrats a ton of stuff. >> okay. again, i don't fault mitch mcconnell --...
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we are seeing that in the united states senate. but i think on background checks where you point to the polls, a lot of support. look. the main argument against this from gun rights supporters is, well, if you do this it's a slippery slope to creating some federal registry. federally licensed companies, like dick's sporting good they do a background check and keep a piece of paper and put that paper in a binder and keep it. it's not part of a database so there is no registry now. how do you go from there to the fear if you try to close this loophole where 40% of purchases are made without any record at all or background check, that somehow the flood gates are open and, all of a sudden, the registry is created. so that's the issue. yes, as you see there, senator reid will make this a part of the base bill but still real questions about whether this has support. >> the arguments are just ridiculous, talking about, oh, well, if we actually do background checks on rapists and convicted felons and we do background checks on people who a
we are seeing that in the united states senate. but i think on background checks where you point to the polls, a lot of support. look. the main argument against this from gun rights supporters is, well, if you do this it's a slippery slope to creating some federal registry. federally licensed companies, like dick's sporting good they do a background check and keep a piece of paper and put that paper in a binder and keep it. it's not part of a database so there is no registry now. how do you go...
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>> 1,357. >> 1,357 days since democrats have passed a budget in the united states senate. >> let's talk about that lack of leadership so many people have criticized the president for not reaching out and being a leader and bringing in republicans to really get to know them on every level so they can perhaps negotiate a deal. president obama took a moment to address the criticism within the beltway he hasn't spend enough time developing personal relationships with members of cog. >> most people who know me know i'm a pretty friend lip guy and i like a good party. personal relationships are important and obviously, i can always do a better job. the nice thing is now that my girls are getting older, they don't want to spend that much time with me anyway. i'll be probably calling around looking for somebody to play cards with me or something because i'm getting kind of lonely in this big house. >> a quick search, just for the record, shows over the president's first term, republican leaders were invited to white house state dinners on a number of occasions j almost all of them. only once di
>> 1,357. >> 1,357 days since democrats have passed a budget in the united states senate. >> let's talk about that lack of leadership so many people have criticized the president for not reaching out and being a leader and bringing in republicans to really get to know them on every level so they can perhaps negotiate a deal. president obama took a moment to address the criticism within the beltway he hasn't spend enough time developing personal relationships with members of...
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about the united states senate. >> insane city. his book about the senate. >> the what did you learn today? >> i learned today that my brother-in-law tom, toughest guy i know going through a tough time right now. love you tommy. >> what kind of tough time? >> he got his first day of chemoyesterday. here's to you, buddy. >> that leads me to tell you what i've learned today is what you should learn each day. be grateful for your health. if you've got
about the united states senate. >> insane city. his book about the senate. >> the what did you learn today? >> i learned today that my brother-in-law tom, toughest guy i know going through a tough time right now. love you tommy. >> what kind of tough time? >> he got his first day of chemoyesterday. here's to you, buddy. >> that leads me to tell you what i've learned today is what you should learn each day. be grateful for your health. if you've got
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into the united states senate today, newly elected senator, would you recognize the place from the places you group in politically? >> i think you would. i think that obviously the institution itself is still very much intact. we had a discussion of our rules in the last couple of weeks. i think you're going to see the institution continue to evolve. but the basic components are still there, principles are still there. the founding fathers came up with a unique way for everyone to have a role, small states and large states and to contribute. those principles are still there. i'm act which encouraged. howard is right, demographics are changing politics and as they change on immigration, they will change on climate and a number of areas i think the american people will demand senators and congressman find common ground a lot more effectively. we're beginning to see that in the first three weeks of this session. >> let me say also senator and governor dean, the demographics will also change the debt debate. as steve rattner said, we're stealing from the next generation. i can tell you my 25-
into the united states senate today, newly elected senator, would you recognize the place from the places you group in politically? >> i think you would. i think that obviously the institution itself is still very much intact. we had a discussion of our rules in the last couple of weeks. i think you're going to see the institution continue to evolve. but the basic components are still there, principles are still there. the founding fathers came up with a unique way for everyone to have a...
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states. that said, there are incremental things, incremental steps republicans can take in opposition to delay its implementation and it helps when the president himself is delaying parts of the implementation. republicans can say look this thing is complicated and messy. let's implement a -- delay the implementation of a big chunk of it. >> isn't that the republican agenda? we talk a lot about ted cruz and people that want to defund it. lot of republicans want to improve it. they want to improve health care reform. >> some of the things that cokie said -- >> time-out. then the question is why haven't they suggested -- >> repeal or replace. we heard repeal. i still haven't seen replace. >> this is where newt gingrich's lecture to the republican national committee is relevant. he basically said you just can't keep saying no we don't like it. you have to have something else. of course the something else is very hard. there's a reason this is a very complicated law because health care is a reall
states. that said, there are incremental things, incremental steps republicans can take in opposition to delay its implementation and it helps when the president himself is delaying parts of the implementation. republicans can say look this thing is complicated and messy. let's implement a -- delay the implementation of a big chunk of it. >> isn't that the republican agenda? we talk a lot about ted cruz and people that want to defund it. lot of republicans want to improve it. they want to...
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states senate, which it could, that changes things in the house and, you know what, there is a possibility that if you have that type of bill, you could actually have a bill that the nra doesn't score. if it excludes the individual, the individual checks, maybe the nra doesn't score that, and suddenly you close the gun loophole and the online loophole with these universal background checks. we shall see. thank you so much. as always, the voice of optimism of sunny optimism from oshkosh, wisconsin. >>> coming up, mika's must-read opinion pages coming up next. more "morning joe" in a minute. ♪ [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine revs ] come in. ♪ got the coffee. that was fast. we're outta here. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ something this delicious could only come from nature. discover nectresse™. the 100%-natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. nectresse™. sweetness naturally. >>> live look at the capitol. the sun has yet to come up over washington, but you need to wake up and get to work. all right. we'll start with the "new york times." the progr
states senate, which it could, that changes things in the house and, you know what, there is a possibility that if you have that type of bill, you could actually have a bill that the nra doesn't score. if it excludes the individual, the individual checks, maybe the nra doesn't score that, and suddenly you close the gun loophole and the online loophole with these universal background checks. we shall see. thank you so much. as always, the voice of optimism of sunny optimism from oshkosh,...
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senator and president of the united states? how far are we going to get into benghazi? going to show the ugly parts and pretty parts? if you're just going to do a glorification of hillary clinton, go. if at the end of this movie, you've got viewers going, i wonder if this was a good movie for hillary clinton or a bad movie for hillary clinton, then at that point, i would say, okay, well you know what, you know, let's develop the script and see what happens. i think we republicans, nicole, know how this ends. >> right. >> it's always a glorification and by the way, i'm speaking as someone that loves and respects hillary clinton. >> yeah. >> but you know what -- >> and i do. i have -- >> i'm sure hillary clinton doesn't want these movies made because she has, what you want as a politician, control. no control over how she's depicted. this does cement in the minds of the republicans and the rnc is playing the only card they have. this is the only leverage he has, to say these two outlets won't participate in republican primary debates and wise to do that. >> very. >> but t
senator and president of the united states? how far are we going to get into benghazi? going to show the ugly parts and pretty parts? if you're just going to do a glorification of hillary clinton, go. if at the end of this movie, you've got viewers going, i wonder if this was a good movie for hillary clinton or a bad movie for hillary clinton, then at that point, i would say, okay, well you know what, you know, let's develop the script and see what happens. i think we republicans, nicole, know...
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>> i can't say that, but he ought to ask himself if he is helping the president of the united states. americans will forgive, but they want to place responsibility and then move on. >> senator john mccain, thanks very much and good to see you. up next, today's business headlines from cnbc's brian sullivan. something tells me we will be talking about that. is that him? >> he's not doing it. john dingle is going to be here and sets the record for the longest serving congressman this week. >> that will be neat to talk to him. we'll be right back. (girl) what does that say? (guy) dive shop. (girl) diving lessons. (guy) we should totally do that. (girl ) yeah, right. (guy) i wannna catch a falcon! (girl) we should do that. (guy) i caught a falcon. (guy) you could eat a bug. let's do that. (guy) you know you're eating a bug. (girl) because of the legs. (guy vo) we got a subaru to take us new places. (girl) yeah, it's a hot spring. (guy) we should do that. (guy vo) it did. (man) how's that feel? (guy) fine. (girl) we shouldn't have done that. (guy) no. (announcer) love. it's what makes a sub
>> i can't say that, but he ought to ask himself if he is helping the president of the united states. americans will forgive, but they want to place responsibility and then move on. >> senator john mccain, thanks very much and good to see you. up next, today's business headlines from cnbc's brian sullivan. something tells me we will be talking about that. is that him? >> he's not doing it. john dingle is going to be here and sets the record for the longest serving congressman...
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that is a law in the united states. so you've heard this word military coup which seems very obvious, senator mccain said if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck. it's a military coup. the white house is in a difficult position because president obama in june 2009 in cairo spoke to the entire arab world and said democracy is a universal right. the arab world heard him and many see that as the opening up of the arab spring where you saw people pour into the streets, overthrow dictators across the region and egypt had a democratic election. is where the united states foreign policy right now? will it go with the real belief in democracy or will it fall back to stability in the region? and right now, that's a very tough policy question. i'm not sure how you -- how you pursue that but i do think this puts the obama administration right on the line, very tough spot. >> all right. charlie, let's take a look at a clip from the upcoming frontline documentary when you were in egypt earlier this year, as tensio
that is a law in the united states. so you've heard this word military coup which seems very obvious, senator mccain said if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck. it's a military coup. the white house is in a difficult position because president obama in june 2009 in cairo spoke to the entire arab world and said democracy is a universal right. the arab world heard him and many see that as the opening up of the arab spring where you saw people pour into the streets, overthrow...